This Carrot Ginger Cocktail recipe from Camille Styles is perfect for an Easter treat. Serves 1 drink INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. coconut rum 1/2 oz. silver rum 1 oz. fresh squeezed carrot juice (or Odwalla Carrot Juice) 1/2 oz. fresh squeezed lime juice 1/4 oz. simple syrup (I used agave syrup) 2 coins of Peeled… View more
Instead of cocoa, you can use a combo of cacao powder and maca powder to make this healthy vegan and gluten free hot chocolate from Love & Lemons. Cacao is the most pure form of chocolate and it’s packed with antioxidants, fiber, and magnesium. Maca has a malty vanilla flavor and is good for fatigue,… View more
There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team. – Jason Fried This quote is inspiring to us. It is fulfilling as a small family business to make the impact we are making around the world with the fraction of the resources a big organization has. Our satisfaction with… View more
Dear Daedra: What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I’m an avid reader and can get wrapped up into a book and finish it in just a few short days. I prefer to read from a good old fashioned paper book, rather than from an electronic device (I find the technology distracting). I read way… View more
This Kiwi and Chia Seeds Smoothie recipe from VeryBreakfast is a great way to get lots of vitamins and fatty acids in a tasty green drink. Ingredients 1½ cup (packed) of spinach 3 kiwis 2 bananas 1 tablespoon of chia seeds 250ml of filtered or mineral water Instructions Wash and peel the kiwis (Kiwi skin is… View more
Ever since seeing that video of the turtle with a plastic straw in its nose, we’ve wanted to help save the turtles. And fortunately for us, we had a “cute” way of doing so. For every Cause Straw that is purchased, we donate a portion to a great cause. Here are the Cause Straws slated… View more
Dear Daedra: How many glass straws per day does the average family use? Using the statistic that 500 million straws are used and thrown away each day in the USA, we can derive that each person uses 1.6 straws per day. For a family of four, that’s 6.4 straws per day per family. Per year,… View more
This Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter smoothie recipe from Mom’s Kitchen Handbook is great for those that can’t live without chocolate AND peanut butter. Yum! Our kids drank it right up, so we think they liked it. Ingredients 1 cup milk (cow’s milk or plant-based milk) 2 tablespoons peanut powder 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder 2 teaspoons honey… View more
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. – Jane Goodall Looking back, I’ve realized that the previous jobs I had did not satisfy my need to make a real difference like Strawesome does. I did my jobs well and they helped others, but… View more
If you are a Starbucks® customer, you may be looking for safe eco-friendly Starbucks® replacement straws for your Starbucks® To-Go cups. Stainless Steel and Metal Straws are no longer a smart choice because in August 2016, Starbucks® recalled millions of stainless steel metal straws due to reported mouth lacerations. Plastic straws are not a good… View more
